It was five years ago today that I was watching the State of the Union address with Doug TenNapel and my little cell phone started to go crazy with emails and twitter notifications because I had just posted AxeCop.com a couple days earlier and somehow it had gone viral. It was pretty wild.

I was living in a small bedroom which I was renting in Los Angeles, single and recently laid off from two jobs. It’s been a crazy five years. I am sorry that it has led to a place where I can’t draw Axe Cop every day like I used to. But we have six volumes published, and the second season of the TV show is now in production! I just got word from FOX/ADHD that Season 2 will be premiering on FXX on April 16th, 2015. Mark your calendars because these are the best episodes yet.

Besides getting a TV show and a sweet job at Dreamworks working with some of my best friends on the new VeggieTales series, as many of you know if you have been following, I got married. And now it has come to this: Little Eliza Jean Nicolle, born November 22nd. Who knows, maybe we’ll make comics together some day.

For now, between workin’ hard and raising our newborn along with our older kids, life is quite full. I’m trying to chip away at Bearmageddon as well, and had no plans to do any Axe Cop stuff, but when I realized we had hit the 5 year anniversarry, I had to do something. I’d been chatting with other writers about old notes I had from Malachai sessions and there was this unfinished story about the Moon Warriors and Telescope Gun Cop I had always wanted to flesh out more. Since that may not happen, I decided to give it to you in this format. Ask Axe Cop #101.

Thanks so much for the years of support and for being such a kind and generous reading audience. It’s been a crazy five years. Malachai is now 10. He will be 11 in March. Oh, how time flies.

Meanwhile, On The Blog

Hey folks, Ethan will be appearing at Rose City Comic Con in Portland, OR, next weekend (September 20-21) at the Oregon Convention Center. He’ll be at table B-10 if you want to stop by. Tickets are sold-out at this point, … Continue reading →

OK, I admit that this is really late. Malachai turned 10 on March 6th. That means Axe Cop will have been around for 5 years by next Christmas. I was out of town on his birthday, and I did not … Continue reading →

There is a tendency in all things to see them only from our unique position and be done with it. A man will look at a woman and expect her to think manly thoughts and live by manly rules. A … Continue reading →

If you’re looking to buy any We Love Fine Axe Cop t-shirts for your loved ones for Christmas (or if you just want one for yourself), you can score 15-25% off your orders on Black Friday/Cyber Monday. Just use the … Continue reading →

Howdy all, Doug here, since Ethan’s on the road to SDCC. We’re really excited with the new look and feel, but we need your help! The site is still in a bit of flux — for instance, character archives aren’t … Continue reading →

Post navigation

Characters In This Episode

Axe Cop was born Axey Smartist in 2004 to his parents Bobber and Gobber Smartist. After his parents ate candy canes that were poisoned by Telescope Gun Cop he swore on their grave he would become a cop. At some point he decided an axe was a better weapon than a gun, and it turns out he was right. Axe Cop now regularly has try outs for various warriors and super heroes to join him as he fights evil. He only has two known weaknesses: Being surprised (which causes him to melt), and Cherry Rainbow candy canes.
Powers: axe chop, Axe Cop with lemon, lemon grenades, retractable danger-sensing antennae, psychic attacks, poison food production, mustache has robot hands and secret weapons, super high jumps, hypnotize button in wrist

One of the two Moon Brothers, Fire Slicer is a vampire wizard ninja from the Moon. He and his brother Vampire Wolfer came to earth to find help defeating the Vampire Man Baby Kid, who turned their parents into evil bats. Fire Slicer later ate a crab (after turning into a Sword Fish Warrior) and turned into a very tall crab. His crab powers went away when he gained a new costume from a sea ghost. Like his brother, he was devoured by the God of All Bears.
powers: Vampire powers, Fire sword, ninja powers, crab claws, magic invisible fire shield, fire dump-truck, mind control, wizardry, a number of secret attacks and probably much more.

Telescope Gun Cop has a gun that can elongate out and shoot people directly in the face even if they are across the room. His gun also has a flash light. TGC went to a try out to join Axe Cop and Dinosaur Soldier, but they chose to not let him join the team when they procured a giant robot suit and decided they had all the power they needed to fight evil. Embittered by the experience, TGC took Uni-Baby and used her powers to go back in time and poison Axe Cop and Flute Cop's parents' candy canes. He was finally defeated in a barrage of lemon and avocado grenade bombs in episode 3.
Powers: telescope gun, flash light.

One of the two Moon Brothers, Vampire Wolfer is a werewolf ninja wizard vampire from the Moon. He and his brother Fire Slicer came to earth to find help defeating the Vampire Man Baby Kid, who turned their parents into evil bats. Later Vampire Wolfer got shark blood on him, adding shark teeth and fins to his arsenal. He lost his shark powers but gained a new costume when he defeated a sea ghost, but sadly lost his life to the God of All Bears.
powers: Super Vampire powers, werewolf powers, shark powers, ninja powers, magic vampire/wolf shield, Carmation attack, mind control, wizardry, a number of secret attacks and probably much more.